avançar

verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,291

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

avançar is aPortugueseverb. It means: andar para a frente It ranks #4,291 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with avanço and atacar.

Key facts for avançar
PropertyValue
Headwordavançar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,291
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of avançar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for avançar is 7 letters long, classified as averb. Corpus data places it at rank #4,291 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for avançar, with forms such as "aavnçar", "avanaçr", and "avannçar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "avanço", "atacar", "abanar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is avançar, spelled A-V-A-N-Ç-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    andar para a frente
  2. 2
    fazer ir para a frente
  3. 3
    ir além de
  4. 4
    ultrapassar, superar, exceder

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aavnçar,avanaçr,avannçar,avançarr,avançra,avaçnar,avnaçar,avvançar,vaançar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for avançar

Misspelling Variants of "avançar"

aavnçar7avanaçr7avannçar8avançarr8avançra7avaçnar7avnaçar7avvançar8
Misspelling Variants of "avançar"

Frequency rank: #4,291 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "avançar"?
"avançar" is spelled A-V-A-N-Ç-A-R.
What does "avançar" mean?
As a verb, "avançar" means: andar para a frente
What words are commonly confused with "avançar"?
"avançar" is commonly confused with "avanço", "atacar", "abanar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "avançar" come from?
"avançar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.